surprise
Example Sentences
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The Spanish lender published its earnings a day early, alongside the surprise announcement of a deal to buy Webster Financial WBS 9.02%increase; green up pointing triangle in the U.S. for $12.3 billion.
While studying how this compound is produced, the team uncovered a surprising detail.
From Science Daily
In a revealing admission about his experience, deputy cabinet member Paul Chamberlain, said "we were expecting surprises... we were expecting absolute craziness… we'd watched Doge in America".
From BBC
Investors were pleasantly surprised on Tuesday by Super Micro’s Computer’s second-quarter earnings, as the maker of computer hardware topped Wall Street’s expectations and provided proof that some delayed orders from last year finally materialized.
From MarketWatch
First I wrote about my recent train ride on the Southwest Chief, Los Angeles to Chicago in 43 scenic, surprising hours.
From Los Angeles Times
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